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Old 02-20-2005, 11:50 AM   #25
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how can i add more so i can put the old hard drive in it. Do they make a "Y" or something like that for it?
Nope. 2 drives per cable, period. If you need more IDE channels, you will need an addon controller card. To temporarily install it to do diags and a zero fill, just disconnect a drive. I disconnect all other hard drives so I don't make a mistake and wipe out the wrong drive.

To zero fill a Maxtor, you can use either Maxblast 3 or Powermax. I'd use Powermax, because that's also a diagnostics suite. Free download from Maxtor, as a floppy disk maker. Run it with a blank floppy in the drive, then boot with the floppy.
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